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Deals: M5 Pro MacBook Pro $200 off, AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Max 2, 512GB M5 iPad Pro $150+ off, more

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by the return of Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 back down at holiday pricing again as of early yesterday evening, as well as this 2026 base model 16-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro at $200 off and the most affordable new 1TB M5 MacBook Air back at $150 off. On top of all that, we have Apple’s mid-range 512GB M5 iPad Pro back at the Amazon low (or $279 off open-box) alongside AirPods Max 2 up to $86 off, Elevation Lab’s AirTag 10-Year Extended Battery Case down at $16 today, and an ongoing all-time low on Twelve South’s PowerBug wall charger with Qi2 MagSafe. Head below for a closer look at the details.

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Tim Cook tells employees why he chose to step down now, what’s next for him

Apple’s Tim Cook and John Ternus held an all-hands meeting with employees today in Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park, according to Bloomberg. The meeting comes one day after the announcement that Ternus will take over as Apple CEO later this year.

During the meeting, Cook offered more insight into why he decided to begin the transition now — and what his plans are for his role as Apple’s executive chairman.

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The best (and worst) Apple products under Tim Cook [Video]

People love to compare Tim Cook’s tenure to that of Steve Jobs’. They say that Apple hasn’t been able to innovate under Tim Cook and that he never had his iPhone-level moment. In Cook’s defense, no other company or CEO has had an iPhone-level moment since that 2007 announcement. But just because he never had his iPhone moment doesn’t mean nothing happened. Under Tim Cook, Apple didn’t just coast. It built on what Steve Jobs created, and instead of chasing one massive breakthrough, Apple built multiple billion-dollar businesses, expanded into new categories, and turned its ecosystem into one of the most powerful in tech. Think about it, AirPods, Apple Watch, the transition from Intel to Apple silicon, all market disruptors that happened under Tim Cook. So let’s take a look back and see everything from the Tim Cook era.

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9to5Mac Daily: April 21, 2026 – Tim Cook stepping down, John Ternus named CEO

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